Plus One, Comprehending a Law Technique

Moreover, the Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation could be set up anytime, anywhere.

It could serve as a sect-protecting grand formation for a small sect.

An individual could also use a simplified version as a means of killing enemies.

"Powerful."

After reading the introduction in the ancient script, Li Yunjing had only one word in mind.

For a small sect, the Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation was undoubtedly a formidable weapon.

Take the current Luozhen Sect, for example. If it had the means to set up a third-rank Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation,

any Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment cultivator who tried to force their way into the Luozhen Sect

would die.

It could not withstand a Golden Core cultivator, but holding one off for a while would be no problem.

Unfortunately, the Luozhen Sect lacked the means to set up this grand formation.

Forget the third-rank version; the Luozhen Sect could not even set up a first-rank Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation.

Setting up a first-rank Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation

required twenty-three first-rank magic swords and one second-rank magic sword.

Only then could a first-rank Sword Killing Formation be set up.

The Luozhen Sect did not have that many magic swords and would have to buy more.

That would be a considerable expense.

Still, Li Yunjing felt that, after developing for a while,

once the buildings were all upgraded and had produced some more treasures,

he would be able to gather enough Spirit Stones to buy the magic swords.

Li Yunjing told Mo Xuan and Shui Yao about the Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation.

Both of them were excited to hear about it.

"Worth it, worth it!" Mo Xuan shouted.

"We came within a hair's breadth of death to get these treasures, but it was no loss, no loss!"

Shui Yao nodded in agreement too.

That was indeed the case. It was no loss.

Li Yunjing put away the treasures on the ground.

"Junior Brother Mo, Junior Sister Shui, what do you two plan to do next?"

Li Yunjing looked at Mo Xuan and Shui Yao as he asked.

At his words, Mo Xuan exchanged a glance with Shui Yao.

With a sigh, Mo Xuan replied,

"Senior Brother, would you welcome Xiao Yao and me back to the Luozhen Sect?"

Li Yunjing was taken aback, then smiled. "Welcome you? Of course I would!

"What I said before still stands. You and Junior Sister Shui can return to the Luozhen Sect at any time. The two elder positions in the Luozhen Sect are reserved for you two."

Mo Xuan and Shui Yao both smiled.

Li Yunjing teased, "But Junior Brother Mo, don't stay in the Luozhen Sect for a few days only to grow restless and run off again."

"Senior Brother, I won't. After facing life and death this time, I understand now." Mo Xuan gave a bitter smile.

"Even if I have to die, I should die in the Luozhen Sect.

"If I die out there, there won't even be anyone to collect my corpse. I won't find peace even when I reach the underworld."

Li Yunjing smiled and nodded in relief.

He had not expected that a trip to a Golden Core cave abode

would instead make Mo Xuan and Shui Yao change their minds.

They were willing to return to the Luozhen Sect.

With two more Late Qi Refining helpers,

the Luozhen Sect finally looked a little more like a sect.

Just then, a notification box suddenly appeared before Li Yunjing.

[The Luozhen Sect has gained two elders. Sect prosperity +1.]

The notification surprised Li Yunjing.

Adding elders could increase prosperity too.

Was it referring to filling out the sect's structure? Or was it the number of people?

Li Yunjing was still somewhat puzzled.

He planned to find the answer in time.

For now, the sect's prosperity had increased by one again.

He summoned the panel.

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[Sect: Luozhen Sect]

[Rank: First-Rank Sect]

[Sect Master: Li Yunjing (Qi Refining Completion)]

[Number of disciples: Outer disciples *1]

[Reputation: A tiny, insignificant sect]

[Resources: Low-Grade Spirit Stones (856), Mid-Grade Spirit Stones (12), First-Rank Spirit Rice (23 jin), crimson cloud iron...]

[Prosperity: Four]

[Sect buildings: Sect Grand Hall (lv3), Spirit Field (lv2), Poultry Coop (lv3), Mountain Gate (lv2), Patriarch Hall (lv2)...]

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The sect's prosperity had risen to four.

It was six short of ten.

Li Yunjing already had several ways to test how to increase prosperity.

He expected it would not take long to raise it to ten.

After closing the panel, Li Yunjing told Mo Xuan and Shui Yao to rest easy.

Leaving the Luozhen Hall, Li Yunjing went to the Scripture Repository.

He took out the Fire Mysterious Light he had just obtained.

A notification box suddenly appeared before Li Yunjing.

[Second-rank Law Technique detected. Record it?]

Li Yunjing silently answered yes.

[Successfully recorded.]

Li Yunjing did not understand exactly what the sudden notification meant.

Could it be that Cultivation Methods and Law Techniques could not benefit from the Scripture Repository's effects unless they were recorded in it?

Shaking his head, Li Yunjing decided to cultivate the Fire Mysterious Light.

Although the Fire Mysterious Light was a second-rank Law Technique,

with Li Yunjing's current cultivation, it was not too difficult to cultivate.

Getting started would be no problem.

But if he wanted to cast it at will, that would be somewhat difficult.

Li Yunjing had come to the Scripture Repository to make use of its effects as well.

[Scripture Repository (lv2)]

[Spiritual effects: Speed of comprehending Cultivation Methods +8%. While studying in the Scripture Repository, +10% chance of automatically correcting misunderstandings.]

An eight percent increase in comprehension speed.

That would help Li Yunjing quickly get started with the Fire Mysterious Light.

He sent his spiritual sense into the Jade Slip containing the Fire Mysterious Light,

and began to comprehend the Law Technique.

Somehow, Li Yunjing felt his thoughts grow a little more agile.

Visualizing the contents of the Fire Mysterious Light went more smoothly,

with far less of a feeling of resistance.

Is this the effect of the Scripture Repository? Li Yunjing thought.

Putting aside his stray thoughts, Li Yunjing began to comprehend the Fire Mysterious Light.

Once he began, an entire day passed.

When Li Yunjing emerged from the Scripture Repository, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

Night had already fallen.

"Has time passed so quickly?" Li Yunjing exclaimed.

A whole day of comprehension had made Li Yunjing forget the passage of time.

Fortunately, he had gained a great deal.

Li Yunjing had comprehended a third of the Fire Mysterious Light.

After another two days of comprehension, he would presumably be able to get started with it.

After that, he only needed to cultivate it step by step to fully master the Fire Mysterious Light.

Li Yunjing headed to the Luozhen Hall to check on Mo Xuan and Shui Yao.

The two were currently meditating in the Luozhen Sect,

drawing in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to slowly heal their injuries.

When they sensed Li Yunjing enter, they opened their eyes together.

"Senior Brother."

The two greeted him in unison.

"Mm. I've come to see how your injuries are," Li Yunjing said.

After examining them, he found that both their injuries had completely stabilized.

There were no signs of them worsening.

They only needed to rest and recuperate now,

and after some time, they would recover completely.

Li Yunjing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He urged them to rest and recuperate, then left the Luozhen Hall.

Back in his cave abode,

Li Yunjing remembered the tree seed he had obtained that day.

"Can the tree seed be planted?"

Li Yunjing thought of planting it in his cave abode.

The problem was that he worried his cave abode could not provide the seed with enough spiritual power.

Li Yunjing did not know the tree seed's exact rank.

If its rank was too high and there was not enough spiritual power, planting it would be pointless.

Li Yunjing decided to first find out where the seed came from, then decide whether to plant it.

It was already late at night, so everything would have to wait until tomorrow.

Li Yunjing sat down cross-legged and began cultivating.

The next day,

Li Yunjing finished a night of cultivation.

He felt no fatigue at all; instead, he was in excellent spirits.

Walking out of his cave abode, Li Yunjing saw that Mo Xuan and Shui Yao had left the Luozhen Hall early.

Facing east with their eyes closed, they were drawing in and expelling purple Qi.

The Cultivation Method the two practiced was different from Li Yunjing's.

Li Yunjing cultivated the Greater Yin and Greater Yang True Fire Scripture.

It was a second-rank Cultivation Method.

However, it was an incomplete second-rank Cultivation Method.

The complete Greater Yin and Greater Yang True Fire Scripture was a fifth-rank Cultivation Method.

It was the Cultivation Method Li Yunjing's master had found for him.

The two, on the other hand, cultivated the Luozhen Sect's inherited Cultivation Method,

the Purple Qi Body-Cleansing Method.

It too was a second-rank Cultivation Method.

But it was a complete second-rank Cultivation Method.

It involved absorbing purple Qi for cultivation each day when purple Qi came from the east,

using it to cleanse and refine the body.

Li Yunjing did not disturb their cultivation.

He headed to the Poultry Coop.

There were twelve eggs today; it seemed the doubling effect had been triggered.

There was also a purple high-quality spirit egg.

Li Yunjing was pleasantly surprised.